Climate change may eradicate 1/3 of animal and plant species in 50 years, study suggests (only 10.94 years left)

CBS 'News' ^ | 2/15/20 | LI COHEN

[Bonemaker]

Will it get rid of rattlesnakes and buckthorn?

[Sacajaweau]

Kudos.........LOL

[Gene Eric]

LOL, that’s brilliant.

[Bonemaker]

[Jamestown1630]

LOL!

[lizma2]

“And I have a feeling cows like us, too.”

Me too!

As a teenager growing up in a corn field in Indiana every once in awhile we would go talk to the cows. The whole herd would come over to stare at us and as we drove away all their heads would move in unison. Thought it was cute.

[DannyTN]

Eat up!!! Enjoy it while you can!

[Rastus]

It’s better these species die than be subjected to 50 years of Billie Eilish.

[Jamestown1630]

'buckthorn'

Don't confuse that with Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae, q.v.)

In my experience, the latter is a very useful natural remedy for women - their beauty and ....other issues.

[beethovenfan]

May.....or may not!!

[Alas Babylon!]

Mencken was the GOAT.

[Paladin2]

Ferine definition is - feral

[cgbg]

Arizona, we have a problem.

There are dangerous idiots running loose at the university!

[frank ballenger]

I think you impressed the cows as someone out standing in their field.

[shanover]

When I was kid in those Reagan years the dire alarm-ism was that we are all going to freeze and oil will run out. These alarmists who were not even born in the 80’s now say we are all going to burn in a very short amount of time.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Agree! I can remember Paul Ehrlich and the "Population Bomb" in 68 that predicted worldwide famine in the 70s and 80s due to overbreeding.

More catastrophizing:

The Limits to Growth

"...The Limits to Growth (LTG) is a 1972 report[1] on the computer simulation of exponential economic and population growth with a finite supply of resources......"

None of this has come to pass, but the authors remain adamant the end is near, or will come soon. The get money and prestige from this dreck. Gloom and Doom is a big industry.

[lepton]

By and large, over the past century, overwhelmingly extinctions have been on small islands, and usually related to invasive species - though loss of jungle habitat occasionally has come into play.

[lepton]

Hottest...January.

[GreyFriar]

“because we would all be dead.”

And that is what some of the earth first folks want.

[CodeToad]

Well, liberals are a stupid animal. Let’s watch and see if they go first.